Ti cylinder in '69 SS model 60 1 7/8"

[jacksonbrowne]

Hey folks,

Just curious if anyone has a j frame, 5-shot 38/357 Ti cylinder they could caliper for OAL. I'd like to throw one in my Chief's Special just to take a couple oz off, but not sure if it will fit in the older cylinder window.

I know I could just buy a 360PD (and I may), but I like to tinker and think this pinned, stainless J frame would look awesome with a modern cylinder.

Not worried about accidental mag usage, because, well . . . I just won't. In fact, I may load up some mag cases to spl pressure to play with longer bullets and avoid leaded cylinders, etc. If I ever sell I'll replace the original SS cylinder.

I just did some light fitting of a Ti cylinder in my stainless 629 and love how it made the gun feel handier, but is still much more enjoyable with magnums than my 329PD. I'd like that same look/feel in a stainless J frame.

Anyway, thanks for the help and advice!

 

[colt_saa]

A titanium cylinder will not fit in your revolver

Titanium cylinders were introduced after the J-Magnum frame introduction. All J frames standardized on this new design sometime after 1996

The cylinder windows in this new frame are slightly longer to accommodate 357 Magnum ammunition

 

[jacksonbrowne]

Understood; Thank you for the quick response.

 

[steelslaver]

Not only that they changed the yoke tube dimensions

But, it might be possible to fit a yoke and cylinder with the face of the cylinder shaved off a bit after the barrel extension was cut as short as possible.

Reason I know this is
I have a model 36 and a 32 H&R cylinder from a magnum J frame tore apart on my bench right now trying to figure out how to make a steel framed 327 mag out of the pieces

Other projects keep jumping ahead of it as I have several J frame 3e H&Rs